urn:taro:uh.sc.00002 City of Houston Collection, 1891-1900 Katherine Fox University of Houston Libraries 1997 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, June 2001. ENG Tue Jul 22 14:50:44 CDT 2003 urn:taro:uh.sc.00002 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). City of Houston Collection, 1891-1900 Katherine Fox University of Houston Libraries 1997 Descriptive Summary City of Houston Collection 1891-1900 The City of Houston Collection consists of official correspondence and documents relating to the City of Houston from 1881-1900. 1999-001 1 box, 19 items Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries Scope and Contents

The City of Houston Collection consists of official correspondence and documents relating to the City of Houston around the turn of the century. Most of the items relate to physical improvements such as paving being made to the city by the City Engineers Office, and the documents date from 1881-1900. The collection comprises 1 manuscripts box with 19 individual items.

The collection is divided alphabetically according to the office of issue, and then filed chronologically. The Executive Department and Brashear & Dannenbaum, Attorneys at Law have been included in the Mayor's Office series, as they were issued by S.H. Brashear during his term as Mayor.

 Index Terms

Terms are either Library of Congress Subject Headings or taken from local sources.

Subjects Houston (Tex.) Politics and government. Houston (Tex.) History. Formats Correspondence Acquisition

The collection was given to the University of Houston Libraries by Mrs. Henry (Grace) David.

 Access Restrictions

Open for research.

 Use Restrictions

The material in this collection is in the public domain. However, Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, and all reproduction restrictions apply.

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K. Fox, May 1997

 Detailed Description City Attorney's Office 1 1 ALS. Stewart, Jno. S. to Miller, I. Austin. Feb. 14, 1900 City Engineer's Office 1 2 Estimates. Oct. 9, 1891 1 3 Estimates for paving Main St. Dec. 28, 1894 1 4 Memo: Widths of roadway on Washington St. undated 1 5 Ordinances: Fire Escapes. undated 1 6 Plans and Specs. For the grading, paving, and construction... undated City Secretary's Office 1 7 ALS. Richardson, A.S. to LaNoue, G.S. Oct. 3, 1895 Mayor's Office 1 8 ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Apr. 20, 1899 1 9 TLS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Apr. 29, 1899 1 10 Executive Dept. ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Sept. 27, 1899 1 11 ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Jan. 12, 1900 1 12 ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller I. Austin. June 7, 1900 1 13 ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. July 9, 1900 1 14 ALS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Sept. 27, 1900 1 15 Brashear & Dannenbaum, Attorneys at Law. TLS. Brashear, S.H. to Miller, I. Austin. Dec. 28, 1900 Other 1 16 Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company. TLS. Howe, M.G. to Miller, I. Austin. Feb. 21, 1900 1 17 Texas World Publishing Company. Receipt. Mar. 25, 1897 1 18 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. TLS. Dusiuberre(?), Lemuel Baumister to LaNoue, G.M. May 17, 1894